Anil Kumar Gupta is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots
innovations
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. He is the founder of the
Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resourc ...
in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.
He held an executive vice-chair at the
National Innovation Foundation. He is also a fellow of the
World Academy of Art and Science
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It serves as a forum for s ...
. He was awarded the
Padma Shri
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in 2004 for his contributions to management education.
Gupta has developed courses for students at the
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resourc ...
. One of his most popular courses included S''hodh Yatra,'' (meaning 'research walk'), under which he took management students to different parts of the country to learn from local communities and study their knowledge systems. This course was derived from his larger concept of walking through the length and breadth of the country, interacting with farmers,
traditional knowledge
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holders, grassroots innovators, innovative students, etc. It started in May 1998 in the western Indian province of
Gujarat
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.
Education
Upon finishing his bachelor's degree (Hons) in
Agriculture
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, he went on to complete his Masters in Sciences (Biochemical Genetics) from
Haryana Agricultural University
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a public funded agricultural university located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the biggest agricultural university in Asia. The university has of land (around at ma ...
in 1974. In 1986, he earned a Ph.D. in Management from the
Kurukshetra University.
Research
He is a Co-Ordinator of
SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiative for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions). He was a speaker at
TED
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Economics and finance
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Education
* ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association
** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey
** Transvaal Education Depa ...
India in November 2009. Since 2011, he is an advisor on issues pertaining to innovation, environment, and sustainability to Fair Observer, an online magazine covering global issues.
Awards and honours
References
External links
IIM AhmedabadProf. Anil K. GuptaPresentation page on Indian Institute of Management
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Living people
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad faculty
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
TWAS laureates
Year of birth missing (living people)
Business educators